Odds and ends

 I was near the culture center where I take lessons and I discovered this field of corn. It is one of the largest that I have seen in Japan. Usually corn is grow in small lots. I believe that up in Hokkaido they have large fields of corn, but not in any of the areas where I have lived.

This is the view out the front door of my apartment. The man next door raises bonsai and beyond that is a garden at the main entrance to his home.